embark.
To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
Meaning & usage
To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
All passengers please embark now.
To start, begin.
Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.
To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
He embarked his fortune in trade.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French embarquer, from em- + barque (“small ship”). Compare with Portuguese embarcar, Spanish abarcar.
To cover or enclose with bark.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English em- English bark English embark From em- + bark.
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